Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As well as the effects on trade union activity , a further implication of cross-national bargaining structures which has received a good deal of attention concerns their economic consequences . |
| 32 | Liberal Democrat Candidate Suzanne Fletcher has received a good luck card from Essex , from a direct descendant of the area 's Liberal MP between 1918 and 1920 . |
| 33 | Neil Kinnock has received a rousing reception to his keynote speech to delegates at Blackpool . |
| 34 | The October bank holiday proposal has received a muted response from Employment Minister Michael Howard , who said he was open to persuasion but had no plans to make changes . |
| 35 | US West Inc 's plans to get into the fun-and-games end of the telecommunications business with Time Warner Inc has received a mixed review from the junior among the credit rating agencies , Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co of Chicago , which placed the securities of US West Inc , US West Capital Funding and US West Financial Services on rating watch . |
| 36 | Car-sharing has received a recent boost since the petrol price increases ; owners are able to share petrol costs without endangering their insurance policies as long as sharing is on a non-profit basis . |
| 37 | Once a water has received a regular supply of HNV baits , and the carp have been hooked on special rigs , they are rarely caught on any other bait or method . |
| 38 | The agreement has received a cautious welcome from environmentalists , some of whom , however , are sceptical as to whether a purely voluntary approach can be effective . |
| 39 | A DEVOTED son who cared for his paralysed father until he died has received a prestigious European Child of Achievement award at a ceremony in France . |
| 40 | But the film has received a cool reception at city hall where calls to licence empty council properties out to squatters are denounced as way off beam . |
| 41 | At least one exceedingly wet Old Etonian baronet ( oh , all right then : Sir George Young ) has received a rude note from another even wetter Old Etonian baronet ( yes , you 're right : Sir Ian Gilmour ) deploring his decision to vote for Mrs Thatcher . |
| 42 | M Rocard 's ‘ big bang ’ proposal has received a positive response from most socialist leaders , left-wing voters ( 73 per cent approved of the idea ) , and ecologist supporters ( 62 per cent approved ) , while several leading communist dissidents have expressed a cautious interest . |
| 43 | Mr Rocard 's ‘ big bang ’ proposal has received a positive response from most socialist leaders , left-wing voters ( 73 per cent approved of the idea ) , and ecologist supporters ( 62 per cent approved ) , while several leading communist dissidents have expressed a cautious interest . |
| 44 | The South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants ' diamond jubilee appeal has received a welcome boost from Olympic gold medal winner Sally Gunnell . |
| 45 | A CROSS-community group from Strangford has received a welcome £100,000 boost towards the cost of a new accommodation block at its residential home . |
| 46 | How is the world going to know it has received a boundless freedom at the hands of an obscure young man lying in some back room in a provincial Russian town ? |
| 47 | Now the family has received a formal letter of condolences from the Brazilian ambassador in London , his Excellency Paulo-Tarso Flecha de Lima . |
| 48 | Martell 's studies of the behaviour of radon decay products show that someone who smokes 20 cigarettes per day for 40 years has received a cumulative dose of about 100 rads at tissue sites in the lungs — a dose powerful enough to spark cancer . |
| 49 | Professor Raymond Smallman , Vice-Principal of the University , former Head of Metallurgy and Materials , and a Birmingham alumnus , has received a double accolade this summer . |
| 50 | He has received a leaked internal memo which he said indicates a ‘ cosy relationship ’ has been established between Safety Authority and Eurotunnel , the Anglo-French consortium that will own and operate the tunnel . |
| 51 | Northumbria has received a generous increase in standard spending assessment of 17.3 per cent . |
| 52 | You might suppose that a bad smell would not deter a really hungry hunter , but anyone who has received a full squirt from a skunk knows very well that it is almost unendurable . |
| 53 | The Hartlepool Voluntary Development Agency has received a big cash boost from Cleveland County Council . |
| 54 | Philip Johnston LIBERAL GOOD : The strategy devised by Des Wilson , the party 's campaign director , has been largely vindicated ; despite the odd blip , the public has received a single consistent message . |
| 55 | THE Lennox Lewis-Frank Bruno world title clash has received a single box office boost of nearly £28,000 for the fight at Cardiff Arms Park on |
| 56 | A ONE line appeal for Government help to collect the poll tax in Darlington has received a curt response from the town 's MP . |
| 57 | Throughout the period of its existence the Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory , like the Physical Chemistry Laboratory , has received a constant stream of distinguished foreign scientists on sabbatical leave . |
| 58 | Titaghur plc ( manufacturer of jute products in India ) has received a clean auditor 's report on its accounts for the year ended 31 March 1992 after changing its system of accounting and reporting . |
| 59 | The subject of English stress has received a large amount of attention , and the references given here are only a small selection from an enormous number . |
| 60 | PETER Owen , the publisher , has received a sizeable order for copies of Falkland People , a book describing life on the islands . |